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Dec 12, 2016 · CAIRO -- Sunday morning Mass was drawing to a close at the chapel next to St. Mark’s Cathedral, the seat of Egypt’s ancient Coptic Orthodox Church, when Magdy Ramzy said there suddenly was a ...
On Palm Sunday, 9 April 2017, twin suicide bombings took place at St. George's Church in the northern Egyptian city of Tanta on the Nile delta, and Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, the principal church in Alexandria, seat of the Coptic papacy. At least 375 people were reported killed and 789 injured. [1]
Apr 8, 2022 · On January 1, 2011, an explosion at Al-Qudiseen Church in Alexandria killed 23 people and wounded 100 and attacks against Copt Christians continued with regularity, including the infamous Maspero ...
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Dec 11, 2016 · 11 December 2016. Amateur footage reveals the anger and devastation inside the church. A bomb explosion in the Coptic Christian cathedral complex in the Egyptian capital Cairo has killed at least ...
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Apr 9, 2017 · Pope Tawadros II, the leader of the Coptic church who will meet with Francis on April 28-29, was in the Alexandra cathedral at the time of the bombing but was unhurt, the Interior Ministry said. It was the single deadliest day for Christians in decades and the worst since a bombing at a Cairo church in December killed 30 people.
Apr 9, 2017 · Relatives and onlookers gather outside St. George Coptic church after a bomb attack in the Nile Delta town of Tanta, Egypt, Sunday, April 9, 2017. The attack took place on Palm Sunday, the start ...
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Apr 10, 2017 · ISIS militants have attacked Coptic Christians in Egypt before, but their campaign against the minority group gathered pace in December 2016, with a Cairo church bombing that killed 29 people.
